Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Hotel Robinson (1897-1921)
Frederick Douglass
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(1867) Frederick Douglass, “Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage”
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DeAunta T. Farrow (1994-2007)
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Tougaloo College (1869- )

Explore Global African History

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Johannesburg, South Africa (1886- )
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Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773)
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Usman dan Fodio (1754-1817)
Kigali, Rwanda
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Kigali City, Rwanda (1907– )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: One Participant Remembers
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Lewis G. Clarke: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Forgotten Hero
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TransAtlantic Food Migration: The African Culinary Influence on the Cuisine of the Americas

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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